The An­gli­can Church in T&T has ex­tend­ed con­grat­u­la­tions to the Rt Revd Dame Sarah Mul­lal­ly DBE on her ap­point­ment as the first fe­male Arch­bish­op of Can­ter­bury.

The Arch­bish­op of Can­ter­bury is the se­nior bish­op and a prin­ci­pal leader of the Church of Eng­land, the cer­e­mo­ni­al head of the world­wide An­gli­can Com­mu­nion.

In a state­ment is­sued yes­ter­day, the lo­cal Dio­cese de­scribed her se­lec­tion as a “mo­men­tous oc­ca­sion, al­most 500 years in the mak­ing”, call­ing it a tes­ta­ment to the work of the Holy Spir­it with­in the An­gli­can Com­mu­nion.

The Dio­cese, led by Bish­op of T&T, Claude Berkley, said it re­joic­es with An­gli­cans world­wide as Mul­lal­ly takes up the his­toric post, which it be­lieves will in­spire “greater faith­ful­ness to the Gospel and re­newed com­mit­ment to the mis­sion of God in every place.”

The lo­cal Church al­so un­der­scored its long­stand­ing ties to Can­ter­bury, say­ing this con­nec­tion con­tin­ues to serve as “a well­spring of uni­ty, faith, and mis­sion” for An­gli­cans in T&T.

Of­fer­ing prayers for her lead­er­ship, the Dio­cese said it hopes Mul­lal­ly’s min­istry will be marked by wis­dom, com­pas­sion, and vi­sion, as­sur­ing her of “un­wa­ver­ing sup­port” as she as­sumes of­fice.